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" I want to buy my mother a huge house in New Orleans so she can open up a bed and breakfast. "

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" I like a person that's a little crazy and demanding, but I also like a woman that knows how to let me drive and then knows when to take the wheel. I may have a down day, and I need someone to be there for me as I would be there for them. "

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" What I learned from Beyonce is just the focus, the drive, and to stay creative and to always give, just keep giving. Throughout the years that she's been doing it, since Destiny's Child to now, she's been giving. "

" I've grown from being around other singers. I've learned not to be afraid. A part of that is from writing my own songs and discovering how to tell my own story properly. "

" Marvin Gaye, I'm super influenced by him. D'Angelo, Donny Hathaway. All the old school cats. New people, I like M83. I like Coldplay. I love Frank Ocean. Miguel. I get inspired by all these cats. People don't know that me and Frank Ocean went to high school together. "

" From the way I sing to what I write about to what I put out with my stamp separates me from everyone else. "

" I want people to be inspired by my music. "

" When I first got turned on to 'Purple Rain,' I was just moved by Prince's charisma and his just being free. Everything meant something, from the scream to falling on the ground to taking his shirt off. It just all meant something. "

" 'Wait a Minute,' which I consider my expose, came from a place of someone asking me to make a decision: basically presenting me with an ultimatum and me just feeling the need to just lay it out on the table. "

" I think love is important. "

" As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself. "

" I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then. "

" What it is you do, no one else does. Just hone in on it, and just get better and greater. "

" I was always attracted to music that moved people. Whether it be gospel, R&B, folk, hip-hop, pop, alternative rock - whatever moved people, whatever made a crowd just get lost in the moment. "

" New Orleans is gumbo. You get so man types of things... jazz, folk, Zydeco. "

" I consider myself an honest soul. "

" I like to be funny and make a girl laugh. "

" I love to be loved. Whether it is by a significant other or an acquaintance, I get it. "

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" There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that. "

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" People sometimes call me Wolf. "

" 'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical. "

" I always find time for my mother. "

" Musically, my palette is eclectic. "

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" In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful. "

" My idea is not to be big. I just want to be really lean and shredded as I possibly can get - a lot of cardio, light weight, and a lot of my own weight to build up my endurance. "

" You have to stand on your beliefs. "

" Every time I perform or sing, I have an 'ah ha' moment. When I look at my blog and people reach out to me anonymously and speak of how I sing and how my music has touched them, it's an 'ah ha' moment. I'm constantly getting that, and I don't want that to ever stop, because it's reassuring me that I'm doing something right. "